...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.city as the country is busy taking security precautions for the Day of Ashura.
The latest move is apparently aimed at maintiang law and order in Peshawar city, the thriving provincial capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to the local media reports, Peshawar’s district administration has barred Afghan nationals from entering the thriving provincial capital while people have been prohibited from standing on rooftops along the procession routes and Imambargah
...since Pakistain is very religiously correct, Shia Moslems can't call their houses of worship 'mosques,' which are reserved for Sunnis. It's not clear if imambargahs are used for explosives storage like mosques are...
s for 10 days.
The ban was imposed by Peshawar’s Deputy Commissioner Dr Imran Hamid Sheikh through a notification issued on Tuesday, according to The News.
This comes as numerous incidents involving attacks on Shi’ite targets during the Ashura Day by the myrmidon groups have been reported in the past years.
The authorities in Pakistain beef up security during the first ten days of Muharram in a bid to prevent violence and possible attacks.